Pictures: Gasparilla festival in Tampa

Gasparilla Pirate Festival

Chris Urso / AP Photo/Tampa Tribune

This Jan. 26, 2008 file photo shows pirates on the Jose Gaspararilla pirate ship as it makes its way of Seedon Channel during the " invasion" of Tampa by Ye Mystic Krewe of Gasparilla, during the Gasparilla Pirate Festival in Tampa, Fla.

This Jan. 26, 2008 file photo shows pirates on the Jose Gaspararilla pirate ship as it makes its way of Seedon Channel during the " invasion" of Tampa by Ye Mystic Krewe of Gasparilla, during the Gasparilla Pirate Festival in Tampa, Fla. (Chris Urso / AP Photo/Tampa Tribune)